Watching the DVD set, which will be released May 26, titled “Saturday Morning Cartoons 1960s Volume 1” so soon after the companion set of 1970s cartoons that I reviewed a few days ago showed an interesting contrast between the cartoons of these eras.

The ‘70s cartoons were primarily half-hour animated sitcoms, and the ‘60s shows included several series that had three short cartoons with different characters.

Examples of the ‘60s shows with multiple short cartoons are “Atom Ant,” “Secret Squirrel,” and “The Porky Pig Show.” Noteworthy supplemental cartoons from these shows included the seal and polar bear show “Sneezely and Breezely” and “Precious Pup,” which had a motorcycle-riding grandmother and a snickering sadistic dog.

The cartoons of the ‘60s also had much more really funny violence than those of the ‘70s. Refrigerators falling from the sky, people falling down basement stairs repeatedly, and characters getting shot in the face is highly amusing no matter what the wet blankets who oppose this purely fantastical mayhem say. Further, I do not know of anyone who these antics inspired to engage in similar attacks.

This set of 12 episodes of shows from the era also includes the three prime-time Hanna-Barbera cartoons of the era. They are the classic programs “The Flintstones,” “The Jetsons,” and “Top Cat.”

The episode of the “The Jetsons” told the heart-warming story of how the Jetson family acquired their imperfect robot maid Rosey, and the “Top Cat” episode was a good example of the Phil Silvers’ like conning and fast-talking that made that show so great. Incidentally, the complete series of “Top Cat” and “The Flintstones” are available on DVD; the 1960s version of “The Jetsons” is available as well.

The DVD set additionally included an episode of the wonderfully bizarre program “Frankenstein Jr. and the Impossibles.” “Frankenstein Jr.” is a more comic version of “Gigantor” in that it has a young boy and the large robot that he controls fight super villains with more humor than Gigantor and Jimmy Sparks.

“The Impossibles” is very much like the later Pixar film “The Incredibles” in that super heroes who are a Beatles-like rock band also fight crime. One member can turn himself into fluid, another can transform his legs into a powerful coil, and the third can create multiple copies of himself. The style of the characters is even slightly similar to that of the characters in “The Incredibles.”

The less-comic superhero cartoons in the set include the space-based prehistoric/he-man style show “The Herculoids” and the space-based macho costumed stud show “Space Ghost,” which inspired a very odd mock talk show.